Indianapolis Colts running back Salvon Ahmed may not be playing football anytime soon.

Ahmed had to be taken to the hospital with a leg injury suffered during Sunday’s practice.

ESPN’s Stephen Holder described the injury as “severe.” It occurred when Trey Washington took Ahmed down with a hip-drop tackle. The entire Colts team gathered around to take a knee as the 26-year-old was being put on the stretcher.

It was so bad that the entire field was silent except for Ahmed screaming, F–.”

Holder added that Salvon Ahmed was placed on a stretcher by paramedics and carted off the field. He was transported to a local hospital for X-rays.

Head coach Shane Steichen told reporters after practice wrapped that the team’s “thoughts and prayers were with Salvon” for a “speedy recovery.”

The hip-drop tackle on Salvon Ahmed was especially heartbreaking since the league banned it prior to the 2024 season via a unanimous vote of team owners.

NFL competition committee executive vice president Jeff Miller said prior to the vote that the technique “results in about a 25 times rate of injury as a typical tackle.”

Per the NFL rulebook, a hip-drop tackle occurs when a defender does the following:

(a) grabs the runner with one or both hands or wraps the runner with both arms; and (b) unweights himself by swiveling and dropping his hips and/or lower body, landing on and/or trapping the runner’s leg(s) at or below the knee.”

This Is Terrible News For Salvon Ahmed

Salvon Ahmed is 26 years old and approaching his fifth NFL season.

Ahmed signed with the Colts this offseason on a one-year, $1.17 million contract with no guaranteed money, and now he is likely done for the year.

He played his first four seasons with the Miami Dolphins as a backup who averaged 4.3 yards per carry and tallied 867 yards from scrimmage and six touchdowns in 38 appearances.

Ahmed was in a fight for one of the team’s backup running back spots behind Jonathan Taylor.